To provide a motion picture photographing apparatus for smoothly exchanging the information of a photographed motion picture with a terminal connected thereto via a network, and to provide a motion picture photographing method, a program and a storage medium.

A digital camera 101 includes a built-in server 102 and a display 101a, and the built-in server 102 is connected to each of client terminals 103 such as personal computer, PDA, a digital camera and a television set via a communication medium. When a client terminal 103 is permitted to be connected to the built-in server 102 and authorized to receive the distribution of a motion picture 401, the built-in server 102 starts distributing the motion picture 401 to the client terminal 103 and when the built-in server 102 receives a message from the client terminal 103, the digital camera 101 performs the telop display of a received message 402 on the display 101a.